Collagen Structure & Function
From Proteopedia
Collagen
Introduction
Collagen is a member of a naturally occurring protein family. In nature is is found in animals and is responsible for a variety of biological functions.
Molecular Structure
Collagen takes the form of a triple helix.
Collagen-Related Disorders
There are currently close to 30 different types of collagen that have been identified. The most abundant type of collagen present in the human body is that of Type I.
- Type I- found in bones,tendons,organs
- Type II-found mainly in cartilage
- Type III-found mainly in reticular fibres
- Type IV-present in the basement membrane of cell membranes
- Type V-common in hair
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| Ligands: | ACY | ||||||||||||
| Non-Standard Residues: | HYP | ||||||||||||
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||||||
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Daman K. Kandola, Andrea Gorrell, Alexander Berchansky, Luis Netto, David Canner
